Bones, artifacts to get new home at U. of Michigan

February 19, 2013 | AP Thousands of bones and other artifacts held by the University of Michigan are expected to be moved from the school's downtown campus to another home.

AnnArbor.com reports (http://bit.ly/Y29om6 ) the transfer and renovation of a facility to house them on the edge of Ann Arbor is expected to cost $27.5 million.

Most of the artifacts currently are kept at the Museum of Natural History's building. The school's Board of Regents is expected to discuss the issue Thursday.

It would be the second recent large-scale transfer of artifacts out of the Ruthven Exhibit Building, more commonly known as the Museum of Natural History's building. In 2010, the school approved the $17.6 million transfer of items from its zoology collections.